Jean Bartet
Jean Arriet-Bartet (born December 13, 1862 in Gurs ; † 1943 ) was a French opera singer ( baritone ).
Life
Bartet studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Joseph Barbot and Alfred Giraudet . In 1893 he made his debut in the role of Nelusco in Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera Die Afrikanerin at the Paris Opera , where he was engaged until around 1910.
He sang many major roles here, as in the Wagner operas Tristan und Isolde the Kurvenal, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg to Kothner and in the Walküre Wotan. He also appeared as Nevers in Meyerbeer's Die Huguenots , as Valentin in Charles Gounod's Faust , as High Priest in Camille Saint-Saëns ' Samson et Dalila , in the title role of Gioacchino Rossini's Guillaume Tell , as Amonasro in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida and as Gunther in Ernest Reyers Sigurd up.
Bartet has also participated in several world premieres at the Paris Opera, such as Jacques Rousseau's La cloche du Rhin in 1898 , Emmanuel Chabriers Briseïs in 1899 and Victorin de Joncières ' Lancelot du Lac in 1900 . Recordings of Bartets are not known.
Web links
- Jean Bartet at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Short biography of Jean Bartet . in: CHANTEURS DE L'OPERA DE PARIS. Encylopédie, accessed June 26, 2016
- Photos by Jean Bartet in the Base Mémoire of the French Ministère de la Culture (French)
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| SURNAME | Bart, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arriet-Bartet, Jean (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French opera singer (baritone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gurs |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1943 |